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THE INAUGURATION OF RICHARD DANIEL WEIGLE AS EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE
THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY
UNDER THE LIBERTY TREE,
IN ANNAPOLIS, ON SATURDAY,
OCTOBER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THE INAUGURATION PROGRAM
THE PROCESSIONAL "Pomp and Circumstance" . Elgar Annapolis High School Band
THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION
The Marshal The Delegates from Universities and Colleges The Delegates from Learned Societies The Former Presidents of St. John's College Edward Julius Clarke, Class of 1881 Robert Otis Jones, Class of 1916
President of St. John's College Alumni Association
The Members of the Faculty The Members of the Board of Visitors and Governors David Spergin Jenkins, Class of 1930
Superintendent of Schools of Anne Arundel County
Roscoe Conkling Rowe Mayor of Annapolis
William Francis Stromeyer, Class of 1916 State Senator from Anne Arundel County
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr. State Superintendent of Schools
Lansdale G. Sasscer United States Representative
Herbert Romulus O'Conor United States Senator
The Right Reverend Noble Cilley Powell Bishop of Maryland
The Right Reverend Monsignor Frederick G. Hochwalt Secretary General, National Catholic Educational Association
Richard Daniel Weigle President of the College
John Whitefield Owens Editor Emeritus of the Baltimore Sunpapers
Richard Folsom Cleveland Chairman of the Board of Visitors and Governors
William Preston Lane, Jr. Governor of Maryland
THE INVOCATION The Right Reverend Noble Cilley Powell Bishop of Maryland
INTRODUCTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS AND GOVERNORS . . . William Preston Lane, Jr.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Governor of Maryland
Richard Folsom Cleveland Chairman of the Board
Richard Daniel Weigle President of the College
THE CHORUS "Nature's Praise of God"
The Heavens sing praises to God in His glory, And all earth echoes with His name; The universe tells the wonderful story And to the spheres His might proclaim !
Who set the numberless stars in their places? Who from its tent does draw the sun? That like a hero smiles brightly upon us, Then goeth forth his race to run.
Then, Mortal, praise thou the Lord in His glory, All Nature doth proclaim His might. It tells of wisdom, of law and of order, And of His mercy infinite!
The stars that glitter afar in the heavens 0 Mortal, canst thou count them all? To Him be glory who thee hath created; Now on thy knees before Him fall!
German Text by Christian F. Gellert
Beethoven
THE ADDRESS John Whitefield Owens Editor Emeritus of the Baltimore Sunpapers
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Oh say! can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight o·er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming!
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Francis Scott Key, Class of 1796
THE BENEDICTION The Right Reverend Monsignor Frederick G. Hochwalt Secretary General, National Catholic Educational Association
THE RECESSIONAL "Soldiers' Chorus" Gounod Annapolis High School Band
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Luncheon will be served in Randall Hall at twelve-thirty. All those who wish to do so may greet President and Mrs. Weigle at the flagpole between McDowell and Pinkney Halls immediately following the exercises.
Exhibits have been arranged in the College Library and in the Maryland Hall of Records. These will be open until five o'clock. An open discussion on the St. John's program will be conducted by the Dean of the College at two o'clock in the King William Room of the College Library.
Delegates From Universities And Colleges
HARVARD UNIVERSITY (1636) Captain S. E. Dickinson, U. S. Navy, Retired, A.B.
CoLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY (1693) John Tyler, A.B., A.M.
YALE UNIVERSITY (1701) Robert Lowry Calhoun, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D .
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (1746) Thomas Guthrie Speers, A.B., D.D.
BROWN UNIVERSITY (1764) John C. Reed, A.B., B.Litt.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (1769) Alden R. Hefler, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.
DICKINSON CoLLEGE (1773) J. Luther Neff, A.B., S.T.B., D.D.
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE (1776) George A. Lyle, B.S., M .S.
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE (1780) David W. Weaver, Th.B.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE (1782) Charles B. Clark, A.B., M.A., Ph.D .
FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL CoLLEGE (1787) Melvin F. Reynolds, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY oF NoRTH CAROLINA (1789) James B. Scarborough, A.B., M.A.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE ( 1793) Wen dell M. Coates
BOWDOIN COLLEGE (1794) Winston Bryant Stephens, A.B., A.M.
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (1794) Charles Lee Lewis, A.B., B.S., A.M.
UNION COLLEGE (1795) Charles V. 0. Terwilliger, B.E., M.S. in E.E.,
Dr. Eng.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (1800) Daniel Marsh Shewbrooks, A.B., M.D.
MouNT ST. MARY's CoLLEGE (1808) John L. Sheridan, A.M., LL.D.
HAMILTON COLLEGE (1812) Robert M . Langdon, M.A.
COLBY COLLEGE (1813) Albert Hills Haynes, A.B., A.M.
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE (1815) Joseph S. Baldwin, B.S.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (1817) Theodore Maxwell Collier, A.B., A.M., LL.B.
CoLGATE UNIVERSITY (1819) Herman Arno Brautigam, LL.B., ~.D., Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (1819) Captain J. Beverly Pollard, U. S. Navy, Medical
Corps, Retired, M.D.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY (1820) John Royston Smithson, M.S.
AMHERST COLLEGE (1821) Warren Randolph Church, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (1821) Vivian Simpson, A.B., LL.B.
TRINITY COLLEGE (1823) Amos Francis Hutchins, Jr., B.S.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (1826) Captain James T . Reside, U . S. Navy, C.E., Doctor
of Science
RANDOLPH~MACON COLLEGE (1830) J. Earl Moreland, A.B. , M.A., LL.D., L.H.D.
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND (1830) George M. Modlin, Ph.D., LL.D.
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (1833) Francis H. Squire, A.B., Ph.D.
HAVERFORD CoLLEGE (1833) Felix Morley, Ph.D. LL.D., D.Litt.
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE (1833) Louis Graff, A .B.
OBERLIN COLLEGE (1833) Donald C. Gilley, B.Mus., M.Mus.
TULANE UNIVERSITY (1834) Frederick C. Oechsner, A.B., LL.B.
WHEATON COLLEGE (1834) Mrs. Sam B. Warner
ALBION CoLLEGE (1835) Ebon E. Betz, A.B., A.M., Ph.D .
EMORY UNIVERSITY (1836) Dillard B. Lasseter, A.B., M.A.
EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE (1836) Mrs. Edgar G . Pruet
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (1836) Burrett E. McBee, B.A., B.D.
KNOX COLLEGE (1837) Sam Thomas Galovich, A.B.
MoUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE (1837) Mrs. Harold D. Krafft, A .B.
DUKE UNIVERSITY (1838) Floyd M. Riddick, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.
BosToN UNIVERSITY (1839) Charles Henry Iley, A.B., A.M., S.T.B.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (1839) Paola E. Coletta, B.S. in Ed., A.M., Ph.D.
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE (1839) E. T . Morris, Jr., B.S., M .S.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY (1841 ) Captain Alphonse R. Miele, U. S. Air Force, B.A.
MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE (1841) Mrs. G . Douglas Wise, B.S., B.A.
THE CITADEL (1842) Thomas D. Sherer, B.S., M .A.
HOLLINS COLLEGE (1842) Mrs. Ernest I. Cornbrooks, Jr., B.A.
UNIVERSITY oF NoTRE DAME (1842 ) Howard Kenna, M.S.
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (1842) W illiam F. Quillian, Jr. , B.A., B.D., Ph.D.
ROANOKE COLLEGE (1842) George P. Grove, LL.B.
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (1843) Joseph F. Thorning, Ph.D ., S.T.D., Litt.D.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (1844) James Mitchell Magruder, B.S., D .D.
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (1845) Captain Robert H . Rice, U. S. Navy
WITTENBERG CoLLEGE (1845) Paul J. Kiefer, A.B., B.S. in M.E., M .E.
BELOIT COLLEGE (1846) Carroll S. Alden, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (1846) Alvin S. Wagner, A.B.
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO (1846) Harold Lyons, B.A.
GRINNELL COLLEGE (1846) Rodney R. Gleysteen
RocKFORD CoLLEGE (1847) Mrs . J. W . Hamburg, B.A.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (1847) Captain Fred K. Elder, U. S. Navy, Retired, B.S.,
M.A., Ph.D.
MuHLENBERG CoLLEGE (1848) P . S. Baringer, D.D.
DEFIANCE COLLEGE (1850) Alfred Hurst, M.A., D .B., D.D.
HIRAM COLLEGE (1850) Harold E. Davis, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (1850) Jacques Redway Hammond, A.B., A.M.
CoE COLLEGE (1851) John B. Logan, B.A., M .A.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (1851) Ernest F. Burchard, B.S., M .S., Sc.D.
CoRNELL CoLLEGE (1853) Elwyn A. Mauck, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ( 18 53) R. S. Glasgow, Ph.D.
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY (1854) Robert H. Kells
BEREA COLLEGE (1855) Francis S. Hutchins, LL.D.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE CoLLEGE (1855) Robert McCain Johnston, B.S., M.S.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SouTH (1857) H. H . Lumpkin, B.A., M.A.
BARD CoLLEGE (1860) Edward Slater Dunlap, B.A., M.A.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1861) Emerson K. Patten, S.B., S.M .
VASSAR COLLEGE ( 1861) Mrs. S. J. Zeigler, A.B. , A.M.
BOSTON COLLEGE (1863) William L. Keleher, M.S., S.T.L.
BATES COLLEGE (1864) John R. Fredland, A.B.
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE (1864 ) T. Rowe Price, Jr., B.A.
CoRNELL UNIVERSITY ( 1865) Duane W . Clark, B.S.
STATE TEACHERs CoLLEGE, TowsoN (1865) Earle T . H awkins, A.B., M .A., Ph.D., LL.D.
CARLETON COLLEGE (1866) Johri P. C. McCarthy, A.B., A.M.
CoLLEGE oF WoosTER (1866) Benjamin H. Willier, Ph.D., Sc.D.
DREW UNIVERSITY (1867) J. Turnbull Spicknall, A.B., B.D., D.D.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY (1867) Edward S. Hope, B.S., M.S., Ed.D.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (1867) Commander Walter M. Enger, (C.E.C.) , U . S.
Navy, B.S.
MoREHousE CoLLEGE (1867) Edward S. Hope, B.S., M.S., Ed.D.
MORGAN STATE COLLEGE (1867) George C. Grant, A.B., M.A.
VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY (1867) John M. Ellison, A .M., Ph.D. LL.D.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (1867) Nancy Baxter Bond, A.B.
WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE (1867) Lowell S. Ensor, A.B., B.D., D.D., L.H.D.
~ELLS COLLEGE (1868) Mrs. ~. C. Ferris, B.A.
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE FOR ~OMEN (1S69) Paul R. Anderson, B.A., Ph.D., LL.D.
~ILSON COLLEGE (1869) Irene Bullen Lechthaler, A.B.
HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE C!TY OF NEW YORK (1870) Mrs. Charles R. Speaker, B.A., M.A.
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (1870) ~illiam ~. Hammerschmidt, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (1870) Louis H. Bolander, A.B.
~ELLESLEY COLLEGE (1870) Mrs. Cecil I. Cullom, B.A.
SMITH COLLEGE (1871) Mrs. Thomas A. Rymer, B.A., M.A.
COLORADO COLLEGE (1876) ~. ~. Cort, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (1876) Orval H. Polk, B.S., M.S.
THE JoHNs HoPKINs UNIVERSITY (1876) Thomas B. Turner, B.S., M.D.
THE CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (1878) • Brig. Gen. ~allace H. Graham, (M.C.), U. S.
Air Force Reserve, A.B., B.S., M.D.
DRAKE UNIVERSITY (1881) Roger M. Herriott, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
YANKTON CoLLEGE (1881) Joseph ~ard, 2nd, B.A., M.A., B.D., B.Mus.
JAMESTOWN CoLLEGE (1883) James Curtis Fahl, A.B., B.D.
SETON HILL COLLEGE (1883) Mrs. E. T. Hankamer, Ph.D., Habil.D .
GoucHER CoLLEGE (1885) Otto F. Kraushaar, Ph.D., LL.D.
MACALESTER COLLEGE (1885) Eugenio M. Fonbuena, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., LL.B.
ROLLINS COLLEGE (1885) Robert Anton Spurr, A.B., B.S., Ph.D.
COLLEGE OF ST. THOMAS (1885) John Courtney, LL.B.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (1887) Maurice S. Sheehy, Ph.D.
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE (1887) Charles ~. Seekins, B.A., Ph.D.
MouNT SAINT AGNES CoLLEGE (1890) Edward A. Doebler, Ph.D.
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (1891) Paul F. Douglass, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (1891) John A. Morrison, S.B., S.M., Ph.D.
DREXEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1891) Ernest J. Hall, M.A., Ph.D.
~EST VIRGINIA ~ESLEYAN COLLEGE (1891) Thomas ~. Haught, A.B., M.A.
~HITTIER COLLEGE (1891) Homer Halvorson, A.B., A.M., Ph.D .
HooD CoLLEGE (1893) Andrew G. Truxal, Ph.D., LL.D.
RANDOLPH-MACON ~OMAN's COLLEGE (1893) Mrs. Earl~. Thomson
UPSALA CoLLEGE (1893) Lloyd Holt
COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND (1895) Virginia Fardwell Otto, Ph.D.
NoRTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (1898) Herman Christian Stotz, B.C.E., A.M.
YALE-IN-CHINA (1906) Edward H. Burne, B.A., M.A., M.D.
MADISON COLLEGE (1908) ~alter John Gifford, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
UNITED STATEs NAVAL PosTGRADUATE ScHOOL (1909) Rear Adm. Ernest E. Herrmann, U. S. Navy, B.S.
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS (1909) Robert 0. Bonnell
REED INSTITUTE (1911) James Donald ~atson, B.A., M.B.A., C.L.U.,
Ph.D.
HIGH POINT COLLEGE (1924) Mrs. Dorothea Andrews Jordan, A.B.
SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE (1926) Mrs. Robert T. Bower, B.A.
ScRIPPS CoLLEGE (1926) Rene Sanford, A.B., M.A.
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Delegates From Learned Societies
AMERICAN HISTORICAL AssociATION (1884) Charles S. Campbell, Jr., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
NATIONAL CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL AssociATION (1904) Frederick G. Hochwalt, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (1915) Leo Maynard Bellerose, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES (1915) Paul F. Douglass, Ph.D.
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (1918) Roy Tasco Davis, A.B., Ph.D.
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Board of Visitors and Governors
Richard F. Cleveland, Chairman
Francis P. Miller, Vice Chairman
William Lentz, Secretary
Bromwell Ault, New York Levin Claude Bailey, Salisbury Paul L. Banfield, Washington William J. French, Annapolis William J. Gorman, New York John T. Harrison, New York Reuben A. Holden, New Haven Amos F. Hutchins, Baltimore
John S. Kieffer, Annapolis Carleton Mitchell, Annapolis Thomas Parran, Jr., Pittsburgh William C. Purnell, Baltimore Richard Scofield, Annapolis Adolph W . Schmidt, Pittsburgh Joseph M. Scribner, Pittsburgh Stewart C. Stackhouse, Baltimore Clarence W. Stryker, Annapolis Mark Van Doren, New York
J. Vincent Jamison, Jr., Hagerstown .Robert ·otis Jones, Pittsburgh
Joseph R. Byrnes President of the Senate
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Ex OFFICIO
William Preston Lane, Jr. Governor of Maryland
Richard Daniel Weigle President of the College
Jacob Klein Speaker of the House of Delegater Dean of the College
Ogle Marbury Edward S. Delaplaine Stephen R. Collins
JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS
C. Gus Grason William L. Henderson Charles Markell
The Inauguration Committee
REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF VISITORS AND GOVERNORS
Amos F. Hutchins, Chairman Paul L. Banfield
REPRESENTING THE FACULTY
George A. Bingley Ford K. Brown
REPRESENTING THE STUDENT POLITY
Douglas G. Boyle George K. Gerlach
REPRESENTING THE ALUMNI
John C. Smedley John Worthington